UT Health East Texas’ physical therapy team is integrating an adaptive training platform — including real-time EMG (electromyography) muscle-activation tracking — into patient rehabilitation programs. The result is a data-rich, highly interactive experience that is enhancing patient engagement and helping clinicians improve outcomes. The innovative collaboration brings the immersive training technology of Lumin Fitness into a clinical setting for the first time anywhere in the world.
“Applying our technology to a clinical environment marks a major evolution for Lumin Fitness,” said Omeed Shams, CEO of Lumin Fitness. “Partnering with UT Health East Texas allows us to demonstrate how smart, responsive training can augment therapist time while elevating the quality and consistency of rehab for patients.”
UT Health’s physical therapy team is using Lumin’s multisensory training technology to deliver precision-guided movement sessions that automatically adapt to each patient’s ability. With integrated EMG, clinicians can visualize muscle activation in real time, allowing them to tailor exercises, identify compensation patterns, and quantify improvement with a level of accuracy previously difficult to achieve in traditional outpatient settings.
“Lumin is transforming our clinic,” said Suzanne Castles, a senior physical therapist at UT Health East Texas. “Patients are not only progressing more effectively, they are more motivated. The interactive environment keeps them engaged, and the objective data helps us monitor load, symmetry, and activation in a way that enhances both safety and performance.”
Beyond improving clinical insights, Lumin is also helping increase patient throughput. By guiding patients through individualized programming and providing immediate feedback on movement quality, the platform enables PTs to extend their reach, freeing time for manual therapy and evaluation while maintaining a high standard of care.
Patient response has been overwhelmingly positive, with many reporting that the interactive nature of the sessions makes rehab feel like a dynamic and fun challenge.